Artpark: Funtime presents Andrew Bird in concert on July 16

by jmaloni

Tue, Apr 24th 2012 12:55 pm

Andrew Bird

Andrew
Bird with special guest will perform at Artpark on Monday, July 16. Tickets for
the 7 p.m. show go on sale at 10 a.m. on Friday, April 27. They are priced at
$32 reserved and are available through Ticketmaster (including www.ticketmaster.com), by phone at
1-888-223-6000 and at the Artpark Box Office.

The
show is a Funtime production.

For more information, call 716-754-4375.

Bird
continues his North American tour in support of his much-anticipated 12th
album, "Break It Yourself" (out now via Mom + Pop Music), with
performances throughout July and August.

In
celebration of the record's release, Bird performs on "Jimmy Kimmel Live!"
April 30. He recently appeared on both "The Colbert Report" (stream the
video at http://bit.ly/weFuiE) and
"Late Night With Jimmy Fallon" (stream the video at http://bit.ly/He1rUR). He also recently
performed the track "Near Death Experience Experience" for a special
interactive website via La Blogotheque called "Bird en Boucles": http://birdenboucle.com. "Bird en Boucles"
has been optimized for the Google Chrome Web browser. It can be downloaded
at http://google.com/chrome.

Produced
by Bird, "Break It Yourself" was recorded at his barn in Western Illinois near
the banks of the Mississippi River. Paired with the album's deluxe CD
package is the DVD "Here's What Happened." The 30-minute performance film
was shot at Bird's barn during the recording of the album and captures the
energy of the room in which the new release was conceived. Footage of Bird
performing the track "Eyeoneye" from "Here's What Happened" can be viewed
at http://bit.ly/GNr9gi.

Chicago-based
film score composer, multi-instrumentalist and lyricist Bird picked up his
first violin at the age of 4 and spent his formative years soaking up
classical repertoire completely by ear. As a teen, Bird became interested
in a variety of styles, including early jazz, country blues and gypsy music,
synthesizing them into his unique brand of pop. Since beginning his
recording career in 1997, he has released 11 albums - his first solo record, "Weather
Systems," coming in 2003. Bird has gone on to record with the Preservation Hall
Jazz Band and perform at New York's Carnegie Hall. Most recently, Bird
composed his first ever film score for the movie "Norman" (hailed as "a
probing, thoughtful score" by The New York Times; available now on Mom + Pop),
contributed to the soundtrack of "The Muppets" and collaborated with
inventor Ian Schneller on "Sonic Arboretum," an installation at New York's
Guggenheim Museum and Chicago's Museum of Contemporary Art.